Solar installations in Alamosa County, CO
269 recorded installations in Alamosa County, Colorado — capacity, prices and the installers doing the work.
At a glance
Alamosa County, Colorado has 269 recorded solar installations totalling 195.4 MW of capacity — the 17th-highest count among the 42 Colorado counties with records, and under 1% of the state total. That is about 3.8% of the county's 7,148 housing units, against 4.6% statewide. The median installed price is $4.22/W before incentives, roughly in line with the Colorado median of $4.35/W.
Dataset updated . Sources: LBNL Tracking the Sun + city permit records + state programs + USGS/EIA utility-scale.
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Search sites →Independent check:Stanford's DeepSolar detected about 84 solar arrays here from 2018 satellite imagery — our recorded data covers roughly 320% of that. A yardstick, not dated records.
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How does Alamosa County compare with the rest of Colorado?
The median recorded system in Alamosa County is 5.1 kW, about 11% below the state median of 5.72 kW. 4% of installations here are third-party owned (lease or power-purchase agreement), compared with 27% across Colorado. 6 systems (2%) of the county's records include battery storage, against 2% statewide. By share of housing units with a recorded system, Alamosa County ranks 12th of 28 Colorado counties with at least 10 installations.
How has solar adoption changed in Alamosa County?
The earliest recorded installation in Alamosa County dates to 2006. The busiest year on record is 2023, with 85 installations. 2024 has 4 recorded installations so far. The county's cumulative total rose from 109 at the end of 2019 to 269 today. Recent years fill in as state programs and permit offices report, so the latest counts are provisional.
Frequently asked questions
How many homes have solar in Alamosa County?
PanelCensus records 269 solar installations in Alamosa County, Colorado (195.4 MW of capacity) — about 3.8% of the county's 7,148 housing units (U.S. Census ACS). Coverage depends on Colorado's public reporting, so the true total is likely higher.
How much does solar cost in Alamosa County?
The median installed price for recorded systems in Alamosa County is $4.22/W before incentives; the median system is 5.1 kW. The Colorado median is $4.35/W.
How much of the solar in Alamosa County is leased?
10 recorded installations (4%) in Alamosa County are third-party owned — a lease or power-purchase agreement, compared with 27% across Colorado.
How big is a typical solar system in Alamosa County?
The median recorded system in Alamosa County is 5.1 kW, against 5.7 kW for Colorado as a whole.
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County assignment is derived from installation ZIP codes via the Census 2020 ZCTA↔county crosswalk (primary county by land-area overlap) — approximate at county boundaries. Market penetration = recorded installations ÷ housing units (U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year, Table B25001); it undercounts where dataset coverage is partial. See methodology.
About this data
Source: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Tracking the Sun, merged with city permit records, state incentive programs and the USGS U.S. Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database / EIA-860 plant registers, as published October 10, 2026 — PanelCensus refreshes it as each source publishes new records. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.
Cite as: PanelCensus, “Solar installations in Alamosa County, Colorado”, https://panelcensus.com/solar/colorado/alamosa-county (data as of October 10, 2026).